Changes in gene contribute independently to breast and ovarian cancer
Defects in a key gene - long thought to drive cancer by turning off the protection afforded by the well-known BRCA genes - spur cancer...
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African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life
New research shows there may have been more nitrogen in the ocean between one and two billion years ago than previously thought, allowing marine organisms...
Substance in crude oil harms fish hearts, could affect humans as well
Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research from Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station has identified a substance in oil that's to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in...
Mind reader: A consumer EEG device serves up rich new troves of scientific data
HAMILTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - A consumer device designed to help users focus their thoughts is also generating valuable data for neuroscience research. A team...
Find elusive particles from your phone with Oxford’s new neutrino viewer app
Credit: Oxford University Not so long ago, observing fundamental particles was reserved for scientists with complex equipment. Now, technological progress mean anyone can explore the...
Optimized compiler yields more-efficient parallel programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Compilers are programs that convert computer code written in high-level languages intelligible to humans into low-level instructions executable by machines. But there's...
How a bacterial protein’s structure aids biomedical studies
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2017 -- A light-sensing protein from a salt-loving, sulfur-forming microbe has proved key to developing methods essential to advanced drug discovery,...
Researchers confirm the existence of a ‘lost continent’ under Mauritius
Credit: Susan Webb/Wits University Scientists have confirmed the existence of a "lost continent" under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius that was left-over by the...
What your mucus says about your health (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017- It's peak cold and flu season, and mucus is making many of our lives miserable. But...
Tracing the cosmic web with star-forming galaxies in the distant universe
Credit: Hiroshima University/NAOJ Galaxies in the universe trace patterns on very large scales; there are large empty regions (called "voids") and dense regions where the...
How to improve data management in the supercomputers of the future
Credit: UC3M In recent decades, many scientific discoveries have depended on the analysis of an enormous volume of data, which is done essentially through computational...
IUPUI study: Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived
Credit: Broxton Bird, PhD, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- What caused the rapid disappearance of a vibrant Native American agrarian culture...
Scat sniffer dogs tell York U researchers a lot about endangered lizards
Loading video... Credit: York University TORONTO, January 31, 2017 - Dogs can be trained to find almost anything (people, drugs, weapons, poached ivory) but one...
Study to examine the relationship between grasslands and soil biodiversity
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A new study by researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will evaluate pastures to document...
Better and faster diagnosis of diseases
Credit: Photo: Conny Ehm The microsystems engineer Dr. Can Dincer from University of Freiburg has been awarded by the second place in Gips-Schüle Young Scientist...
